Taken from John Barnard's recently released biography, The Perfect Car, we pick up the story as McLaren embarks on the 1981 season with F1's first carbon car
As the dust settles on Silverstone, teams prepare for the run south-east to Germany… but both legs of this traditional July double are in jeopardy Is something rotten in the…
Highlights from a gripping pair of NASCAR races at Daytona, controversy in F2, Super Formula and IndyCar NASCAR Daytona 400: the 'big one' strikes as Ricky Stenhouse Jr causes controversy,…
This weekend's British F1 Grand Prix proved a point to Andrew Frankel: Silverstone needs to stay When it was conceived sometime last week, this column was going…
This was a close one, a battle royale between Ferrari and Mercedes around Silverstone’s flat-out sweeps on a scorching summer day. The two fastest Formula 1 cars of all time…
Ferrari's lack of interest has prompted Daniel Ricciardo to stay put at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he expected a stronger approach from Ferrari for his services next…
Although Mercedes was expected to lead both practice sessions on Friday of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix, Ferrari may have turned the tables A very interesting Formula 1 Grand Prix…
Max Verstappen on moving from Formula 1 to Le Mans and Red Bull's hopes with Honda Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he’d only emulate Fernando Alonso and…
...and then watch 'Climb Dance' UPDATED: VW has uploaded the full video of its Pikes Peak record run Volkswagen set an overall record of 7min 57.148sec at Pikes Peak last weekend…
I’d been counting down the gap, lap by lap, as the Williams duo blasted past into the braking area for Stowe. Nigel Mansell, the ‘true grit, true Brit’ hero of…
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). “Those last 10 laps were exhausting,” wrote Tony Brooks in Motor Sport. “I was listening anxiously…
Amon, Hawthorn, Lauda, Rodríguez... Leclerc? Ferrari has championed youth, but not for decades Louis Chiron was approaching 56 years of age when Lancia invited him to drive one of its…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The summer of 1976 was a scorcher in Britain, the hottest for 350 years. Maybe it…
McLaren and Éric Boullier have parted ways Éric Boullier has resigned from McLaren as racing director with immediate effect, saying "now is the right time for me to step down."…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix If the young Englishman were to be helped by his inestimable number one Juan Fangio, he would…
